#10 White Tee Renovation

2-23-09

Our staff began the destruction and reconstruction of the #10 white tee this morning. Our first job was to remove the sod from the tee surface. This would allow the soil to moved much easier and would not create any issues with forming the new tee surface. Initially, we thought the sod would not be able to be used again for the tee surface but it was frozen and the sod cutter did an excellant job in removing the material at the same depth. We have laid the sod on the asphalt in our maintenance yard which should hopefully allow us to pick it up when needed for the new tee. It also places the sod near a water source in case the sod become dry.

Once the sod was removed, the crew began removing the ties from the steps and planter walls. This was not easy work but the backhoe/loader made this task much easier. Some of the ties were cut with chain saws to allow them to be loaded more easily in the loader. Some of the material is being hauled away and the rest of the material will be stored in the back area of the driving range.

Mike Walerius operationg front loader as we remove ties.

Some of the planter bed material was saved because of its rich quality. The rest of the material will be spread in the walk off area and will be placed back in sod. We have about 1/2 the wall complex removed and will remove the remaining part on Tuesday. The loader will then began removing the soil from the west and lake side of the tee. Excess dirt will be piled in front of the blue tee and will be used to established the base of the tee which will be connected to the existing blue tee. We will be removing approximately 2 feet from the surface of the old white tee which will lower so that players if they chose can walk off the front of the tee. We also want this softened some mowers can get around this tee. We plan to slope this at a 4/5 to 1 slope which will work very well for both equipment and players.